PCN code 29: Failing to comply with a one-way restriction

Code

29

Type

Moving traffic

Level

Moving traffic

Who uses it

Councils with moving traffic powers (most of London, and English councils designated since 2022), and Welsh councils where enforced.

What the council's evidence usually is

Camera footage of the vehicle entering against the one-way.

Points to check before you pay

• Were the one-way and no-entry signs present and visible at the entry point?

If one of these applies, the usual statutory ground is that the contravention did not occur. Other grounds (not the owner, stolen vehicle, already paid, wrong amount, procedural impropriety) apply whatever the code. The checker shows which fit your case.

How much is a code 29 PCN?

In London bus lane and moving traffic PCNs are £160, halved if paid within the discount period on the PCN (London Councils says 21 days for CCTV PCNs; some boroughs state 14) (London Councils). Outside London councils set the charge within the national bands, and the discount is 50% if paid within 21 days of a camera PCN being served (SI 2022/71).

Cameras using code 29

• Commercial Road N18 one-way (Enfield)
• George Leigh Street one-way (Sherratt Street to Cornell Street) (Manchester)
• Manor Gardens, Richmond one-way street (Richmond)
• Pretoria Road North / Shaftesbury Avenue N18 one-way (Enfield)
• Princes Avenue / Green Lanes N13 one-way (Enfield)
• Radium Street one-way (Naval Street to Jersey Street) (Manchester)
• Somerton Avenue, Mortlake one-way street (Richmond)
• Sydney Road / Collingwood Road one-way street (Sutton)

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